US rapper shot as he prepares to record video

A popular US rapper has been shot down in an Atlanta music studio as he prepared to record a video.

Slim Dunkin, whose real name is Mario Hamilton, was fatally shot in the chest after getting into an argument with another individual according to Atlanta police

“It appears the victim was scheduled to do a photo shoot,” Police Major Meadows told the Associated Press. “Before the video shoot took place, it appears the victim and suspect got involved in a verbal altercation. We don’t know what that altercation was about.”

“The suspect produced a weapon, discharged that handgun one time, striking the victim in the chest,” Major Meadows said.